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单词 enclinant
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enclinantadj.

Forms: late Middle English enclinant, late Middle English enclinaunt, late Middle English enclinawnt, late Middle English enclynaunt.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French enclinant.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman enclinant, enclinaunt submissive (last quarter of the 12th cent.), favourably disposed (to a person or thing) (14th cent. or earlier), use as adjective of present participle of encliner incline v.
Obsolete.
Favourably disposed to someone or something; ready or willing to do something. More generally: that has a tendency to behave, think, feel, etc., in a particular way. Chiefly with to or infinitive. Cf. inclining adj. 2.In quot. a1450 perhaps with the sense ‘submissive; subject’ (cf. enclin adj. 2), but the precise meaning is unclear.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective]
tholemodec1000
bowinga1340
subjectc1384
enclinant1400
yoldena1413
subjective1417
prostratec1425
obtemperate?a1475
subjected1550
subject-like1553
submiss1570
submissive1572
yielding1578
obnoxious1591
subordinate1594
subjectly1596
yieldable1603
dejective1611
passive1616
awebound1631
succumbent1647
resigning1648
complaisant1676
ovine1676
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adjective] > inclined
set13..
tendenta1340
disposedc1380
enclinant1400
inclining?c1400
inclinedc1405
prone1408
hieldingc1480
talenteda1500
inclinablea1513
prone1528
propense1528
minded1529
propensed1530
ready1533
proclivec1540
fit1574
tending to1578
forward1581
minded1588
propensive1599
intense1620
propendenta1646
propended1693
calculated1723
oriented1925
prone1926
turned1931
orientated1964
1400 in F. C. Hingeston Royal & Hist. Lett. Reign Henry IV (1860) I. 37 For thy sake, or for any of thyn enclinant to the, or any of hem that ben the Kinges trewe liege men.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Exod. xxxii. 22 This puple..is enclynaunt [L. pronus] to yuel.
?a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Claud.) (1850) Prov. xxii. 9 Enclinaunt [glossed] ether redi [c1450 Bodl. 277 enclynaunt [glossed] or bowith; L. pronus].
a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. 5320 Of þritty reomes euery kynge Were enclinaunt til his coronyng.
a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 3909) (1926) l. 8612 (MED) Therfore God wol that alle waye we to pray to hom [sc. the saints] bien enclinawnt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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